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sure it would not be denied you. I remember being 

 shown in this inn, some years ago, a three-legged table in 

 a parlour, each leg of which stood in a different county ! 

 Mr. Day's racing-stables are in themselves worth going 

 all this way to view. At Sherborne, the ' Digby.' This 

 inn has taken the place of the ' King's Arms,' and no 

 words of mine can sufficiently praise this establishment, for 

 in truth stables and house are in themselves a model of 

 perfection. They were built by the truly sporting and 

 noble-hearted squire of Sherborne Castle, with lavish 

 expenditure without waste. There is a ' place for every- 

 thing, and everything is in its place/ The principal 

 object of Mr. Digby (I hope he won't mind my making 

 free with his name — public benefactors such as he must 

 not mind) in building this hotel was to induce gentlemen 

 to come and hunt in his county. This object he has 

 attained by the good accommodation he offers for the 

 sportsman and his hunter in this venture. I, with my 

 wife, was the first to make use of this hotel, so I take 

 more than ordinary interest in it. The ' Antelope ' too 

 is an excellent inn here with good stables. As on my 

 return journey I stayed at this town to hunt, I can speak 

 with some knowledge of the inns. I should like to 

 speak of the ' Leicestershire of the South ' as a hunting 

 country, but I must get on the road again and merely 

 say en passant, ' try it' At Ilminster, the ' George,' every- 

 thing very good ; Taunton, the ' Castle,' excellent. For 

 the benefit of those who may wish to travel as we did, 

 I may state how we went. Horses, a pair of brown 

 geldings 15*2, short in leg, light in mouth with plenty of 



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